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Planning for the upcoming WDMH Auxiliary’s Bazaar was front and centre at the August 8, meeting of the group’s board of directors.
The popular event will be held at the Joel Steele Community Centre in Winchester the year on October 19. The official opening will take place at 11 a.m.
An elevator is available for those who would find the stairs an obstacle.
Returning features are: the bake table, produce sale, silent auction, tea room, sale of cheese and honey and a 50/50 raffle. A door prize will also be awarded and the auxiliary’s award winning Christmas Plum Puddings will be available for $12 each.
New this year will be a fashion show and sale of Jockey Ladies’ wear, and other local vendors with handmade items at reasonable prices. Everyone is welcome to attend this auxiliary fund raiser.
Hospital CEO Cholly Boland informed the board that a five year strategic plan for the hospital has been finalized.
It focusses on three areas: continuing the positive things being done now, working closely with the community in palliative care and care for seniors and researching ways to better serve the rural population.
In closing, Boland expressed his sincere appreciation for all that the hospital’s volunteers do for WDMH.
The Auxiliary provided state of the art Baxter IV pumps to the hospital last year at a cost of $297,000 and has agreed to purchase several more with the cost of the additional units being $55,00.
Volunteer coordinator Alan Archer told the board that volunteers offered 925 hours of service to WDMH in July bringing the total for 2013 to 6,592.
He emphasized that new volunteers are always needed at the hospital and anyone interested in offering a few hours each month may contact him at the hospital.
President Nancy Farley-Holmes announced that three local, longtime hospital volunteers will receive Provincial Life Membership Awards this year.
The well-deserving recipients are Grace McAuley, Ruth Shearing and Betty Wilson. These awards are presented at the Hospital Auxiliaries Association of Ontario convention which will be held in Toronto in November.
All members of the auxiliary are invited to attend a membership meeting on Thursday, September 12, 1:30 p.m. in room C401 at the hospital. It will include an informative and relevant presentation in the area of health care.
At the April 17th council meeting, South Dundas manager for public works, Hugh Garlough, requested permission to sell a surplus tractor at Rideau Auctions in Winchester.
He pointed out that “the new tractor was delivered in February 2012 so now we have a surplus vehicle.” The new tractor was originally approved for purchase in 2011.
The surplus farm tractor is a Massey 35 1964 model. Council approved Garlough’s request and any money acquired from the purchase will go to the Sale of Asset Reserve Fund.
“Lest we forget!”
Every year from the last Friday in October until November 11, Remembrance Day, all Royal Canadian Legions conduct the Poppy Campaign, one of the most important campaigns in the Legion year.
On Sunday, November 3, the 1st Iroquois Scouts joined members of Branch # 370 in canvassing the community of Iroquois in support of the annual Poppy drive.
For over three centuries, Canada has relied on her sons and daughters to answer the call when Canada has had to face the horror and tragedy of war.
The poppy has been a symbol of Remembrance since 1921. Following the Napoleonic Wars, the red flower was associated with the graves of soldiers. Colonel John McCrae’s famous 1915 poem, written in the trenches of World War I, however, brought national attention to the poppy. The Great War Veterans Association officially adopted the poppy as the flower of Remembrance in July, 1921.
“We ask our fellow citizens, during this campaign to donate money to support the services we provide at the Legion, and to clearly show their recognition of the debt owned to those Canadians who gave their lives for our freedom,” said Darlene Riddell of the Iroquois Legion. “The money raised is put into a public trust fund and used to support ex-service personnel and their families, but also to support community needs and services.”
The Scouts are proud to join with the Legion in the Poppy Drive, according to cub leader, Nancy Richer.
“The Legion has supported us for many years. Helping them canvas is just a small way of saying thank you to them for all they have done for us,” she said.
The Scouts were presented with a certificate of appreciation by poppy chair, Beverly Poore, who recently retired following a career with the Canadian army. The Scouts also received a cheque from president Ralph Martin, which will help the Cubs and Scouts continue to run their programs and camps.
“We rely on the youth of our community to come forward and lend a helping hand,” Riddell said.
The Iroquois Legion will be holding its Remembrance Day services at 2 p.m. on Sunday, November 10, at the Legion, followed by the laying of wreaths at the Cenotaph.
The community is invited to attend the ceremony, to once again show that “we do not forget.”
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